The US is offering $3 million for information on this notorious Russian hacker

The US State Department, Department of Justice, and the FBI have
announced
a $3 million reward for information leading to the arrest of a
Russian hacker. It's the highest bounty the US has ever placed on
a cyber criminal.

Russian hacker Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev, also
known through his web aliases of "lucky12345" and "slavik," is
wanted for his role as an administrator in a malicious software
scheme that infected over one million computers.

"The software, known as 'Zeus' and 'GameOver Zeus,' enabled
contributors to the scheme to steal banking information and empty
the compromised accounts, resulting in the theft of more
than $100 million from U.S. businesses and consumers," a State
Department press release notes.

According to an FBI press release, Bogachev's malware was
"extremely sophisticated." The malicious software either logged
user's keystrokes for passwords and bank pins or redirected
computer users to false pages where unsuspecting victims then
entered their bank account information.

US President Barack Obama
delivers remarks next to Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh
Johnson (L) at the National Cybersecurity and Communications
Integration Center in Arlington, Virginia, January 13,
2015.Larry
Downing/Reuters

CNET reports that GameOver Zeus
first appeared in 2011 as a modified form of the Zeus malware.
Zeus had was first noticed in 2007 after it infected over 13
million computers and resulted in the theft of hundreds of
millions of dollars.

Bogachev has been in the crosshairs of the US government for
almost three years. The FBI's
wanted poster notes that the cyber criminal was first
indicted under the name "lucky12435" by a federal grand jury in
the District of Nebraska for, amongst other charges, bank fraud
and aggravated identity theft in 2012.

In 2014, Borgachev was indicted by name in a federal grand jury
in the Western District of Pennsylvania on charges involving wire
fraud and bank fraud.

Borgachev is believed to be living in Russia. Reuters
reports that the Russian FSB, its internal security agency,
has "expressed tentative interest in
working with U.S. authorities on investigating cybercrimes." It
is unclear if this cooperation will include
Borgachev.